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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
The Union government is considering bringing user-generated fact-checking tools such as X’s 'community notes' under regulatory oversight through proposed amendments to the Information Technology (IT) Rules, a move that could allow authorities to seek removal of content that challenges or adds...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
Justice Yashwant Varma from the Allahabad High Court has resigned from his post, bringing an abrupt end to ongoing impeachment proceedings against him in the Parliament following allegations linked to the recovery of burnt cash from his official residence last year.   The resignation,...

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Arna Chatterjee (Bar  and   Bench) 10 April 2026
The Allahabad High Court recently cautioned that authorities passing orders in a dictatorial manner could undermine the autonomy of the press.   A Bench comprising of Justice Vivek Saran and Justice Ajit Kumar made the observation while hearing a petition filed by Amar Ujala Limited, the...

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Bar  and   Bench 09 April 2026
The Bombay High Court at Goa has quashed the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) notification for the conduct of a byelection at Ponda to fill the legislative assembly seat left vacant following the demise of Congress MLA Ravi Naik on October 15, 2025 (Pritam Harmalkar v. Election Commission...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 April 2026
Raising serious concerns over the allocation of sites for pumped storage hydro-electric projects (PSPs) in Andhra Pradesh, former Union secretary EAS Sarma alleged that successive state governments have allotted valuable natural resource assets to private players through 'highly...

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KBS Sidhu 07 April 2026
The Reactor that Breeds its own Fuel On 6 April 2026 evening, prime minister Narendra Modi announced that the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu had attained criticality. The announcement was understated in its brevity, measured in its language. But the moment it...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 07 April 2026
Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Tuesday told the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) that the Jaipur District Consumer Commission treated him unfairly and refused to provide certified copies of its orders in proceedings arising from a complaint over a misleading advertisement...

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Bar  and   Bench 07 April 2026
The First Additional Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday sentenced all 9 police personnel convicted in the Sathankulam custodial deaths case to death (CBI v. Sridhar & Ors).   The sentence was pronounced by Judge G Muthukumaran after the Court had convicted the accused for murder and...

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Bhavini Srivastava (Bar  and   Bench) 06 April 2026
The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the restoration of a recently blocked satirical X (formerly Twitter) account that goes by the name Dr. Nimo Yadav.    Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, however, added that certain tweets flagged as objectionable by the Central government will remain...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 06 April 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday a ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into allegations of favouritism with respect to allotment of public works contracts in Arunachal Pradesh to firms linked to Chief Minister Pema Khandu's family members.   A Bench of Justices Vikram...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 April 2026
Warning that the proposed changes could significantly undermine free speech and expand executive control over digital content, the Editors Guild of India (EGI) has expressed strong concerns over the Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Second...

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Dr Bhamy V Shenoy 03 April 2026
The oil shock triggered by the US-Israel war against Iran—impacting almost every country except Russia—is among the most severe in modern history. Yet, somewhat surprisingly, global oil markets have held up reasonably well so far.   Even after a month of conflict, oil prices have risen by...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 April 2026
Raising serious concerns over what it termed a growing pattern of 'arbitrary' takedown orders issued by authorities across social media platforms, the Press Club of India (PCI) has alleged that such actions violate the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression. In a statement, the...

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Stephin Thomas (IndiaSpend) 02 April 2026
It has been four hours since the group of six volunteers began combing the area near Jampali village, about 20 km from Dharamjaigarh town in Raigarh district. It is 8 p.m. and the cars navigate bumpy roads in the dark, careful to avoid alarming the elusive herd of elephants spotted in the area...

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Grace Anu  and   Edgar Kaiser (The Leaflet) 02 April 2026
Custodial violence has been a never-ending saga in India. Recent figures from the NHRC reveal that only since the beginning of this year, as of March 15, there had been 170 recorded custodial deaths. During this time, Tamil Nadu has seen a series of 4 custodial tortures leading to death. Under...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 01 April 2026
The Supreme Court of India told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it does not maintain judge-specific information about allegations of corruption or misconduct.    Advocate Rukhmini Bobde appeared for the public information officer of the Supreme Court and stated that even collating such...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 01 April 2026
The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed costs of ₹25,000 on the Union government while dismissing a plea challenging relief granted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to a CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) constable who had been removed from service for unauthorised absence of 11 days...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 April 2026
States have utilised just over half of their combined capital expenditure (capex) budgets in the first 10 months of FY25–26, pointing to a slower pace of public investment at the sub-national level compared with the Union government.   An analysis of monthly accounts for 23 states released by...

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Vijaypat Singhania, who passed away on 28 March 2026, acknowledged, with rare candour, in his autobiography, ‘An Incomplete Life’, the series of impulsive decisions and errors of judgment that led to his legacy at Raymond Ltd being wiped clean.   This article draws on a few quotes from this...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 March 2026
Vijaypat Kailashpat Singhania, former chairman of the Raymond group and recipient of the Padma Bhushan, passed away in Mumbai on Saturday, 28 March Singhania was publicly associat 2026. He was 87. In his later years, Mr Singhania was publicly associated with a prolonged legal dispute with his...

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